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January 18, 2007

Interfax second most cited brand name in Runet in 2006

Webscan Technologies, a leading software producer, has ranked Interfax Information Services Group second on its list of the 100 most frequently mentioned brand names in the Russian-language part of the Internet (Runet).

Interfax also runs specialized information systems for various categories of participants in financial markets, including EfiR (www.ideal.ru), IFX (www.ifx.ru), and the SPARK database http://www.spark.ru(/, which contains information on all legal entities registered in Russia.

***The Interfax Information Services Group provides information products and means of communication for politics and business.

Since the start of the 1990s, Interfax has been the main source of current reports on Russia and the rest of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the international community.

It is the most frequently cited source of information in foreign media reports from this part of the world and is one of the world‘s most often used sources of current news.

In recent years, Interfax has also become a leading source of political and financial news from European emerging markets and China.

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It develops a wide range of software solutions and services based on them. They include online instruments for monitoring Internet media, solutions for monitoring the advertising activity of rivals, services for the independent audit of advertising via the Internet, desktop business applications for the online monitoring of information, and tools for media measurement and analysis.

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UNHCR Middle East and North Africa Bureau Director and Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Iraq and Syria Situations Amin Awad has visited Moscow for consultations with representatives of various Russian agencies and given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about the humanitarian situation in Syria, Libya, and Yemen, as well as the migrant crisis in Europe.

Head of the EU Delegation to Russia Markus Ederer has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about prospects of normalizing relations between EU and Russia, the EU readiness to take part in the post-war reconstruction of Syria, and about how the EU is going to protects its companies working with Iran in the light of new U.S. sanctions.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has given a press conference at Interfax in the wake of his visit to Russia, in which he speaks about results of his visit, U.S. President Donald Trump‘s decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty, plans for a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and others issues.

New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is on a first trip to Russia. After visiting Star City and speaking to students at Moscow State University, he went to Baikonur Cosmodrome, where he met with Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin to discuss the joint exploration of space and where the two plan to watch the launch of an expedition to the International Space Station.
Bridenstine spoke to Interfax correspondents Dmitry Veklich and Nikolay Vlasov about the prospects of carrying out joint space flights, the future of the International Space Station, and Russia-U.S. cooperation in building manned infrastructure in lunar orbit.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has given an interview to Interfax ahead of the alliance‘s summit in Brussels on July 11-12, in which he about Russia’s place on the summit‘s agenda and how NATO is going to build relations with Russia.

UK Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about the level of cooperation with Russia as part of preparations for the FIFA World Cup, his expectation as to the number of British fans who will come to Russia and other aspects of preparing for the tournament.

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